Hatchet



J. W. OLNEY.

HATCHET. 7 APPLICATION FILED SEPT; I0, 1918.

1,340,401. Patented May 18,1920.

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JOSEPH W. OLNEY, 0F LATAH, WASHINGTON.

HATCHET.

Application filed September 10, ,1918.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH WV. OLNEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Latah, in the county ofSpokane, State of \Vashington, have invented a new and useful Hatchet;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved combination lathing hatchet,hammer and extracting claws therefor, and one of the objects of theinvention is to provide improved extracting claws reversely disposed onopposite sides of the body of the hatchet head.

A further object of the invention is to provide claws of this kind, soarranged that a carpenter may use the claws for ripping laths orclapboards, or use the claws for adjusting the laths or ciapboards inposition.

-A further object of the invention is the provision of improved claws,the opposite walls of the bifurcation of each claw having means to beengaged by a nail-head for holding the nail for starting the nail, sothat the carpenter may reach a good distance above his head, or a gooddistance below when reaching over some object, so as to start and drivethe nail home with the one hand. One claw may be used for starting thenail above the head, the other claw to be used for starting the nailwhen reaching below.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitatealterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the improvedlathing hatchet constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fi 2.

Fieferring more especially to the drawing, 1 designates a handle, towhich by means of a suitable securing wedge 2, the body 3 of a hatchethead is secured. Projecting from one face of the body is a conventionalform of hammer poll 4 provided with a Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 253,438.

hammer end 5, Projecting from the opposite face of the body carrying thepoll t is a hatchet blade 5 provided with a cutting edge 6. One edge ofthe blade 5 has a notch 7 for'engagement with the shank of a nail belowits head for extracting the same. Projecting from and formed integralwith opposite side faces of the body 3 are nail extracting claws 8 and9, which are reversely disposed. For instance, the claw 8 curves andextends rearwardly in the direction of the handle, and the claw 9 curvesand extends forwardly from the handle. The crotch portions 10 and 11 ofthe claws are designed to engage laths or clapboards for holding them inplace while the other hand of the user is being used for other purposes.The claws 8 and 9 may be used for ripping clapboards, laths, and thelike. The curved portion 10 of the claw 8 is designed to engage aclapboard when being hung below the waist line, and the curved portion11 is designed to engage a. clapboard when hung over the head. Each claw8 and 9 is provided with the usual bifurcation 12, for the reception ofa shank of a nail when extracting the same, while the head of the nailengages adj acentthe curves 10 or 11. The opposite walls 13 of thebifurcation of each claw are provided with grooves 14, as shown clearlyin Figs. 2 and 3, for the reception of the head a of the nail b, forsupporting the nail whereby it may be started prior to driving the samehome. It is to be noted that the claw 9 may support a nail when startingthe same overhead, while the claw 8 supports a nail for starting thesame below the waist.

The claw 9 extends toward the end of the body member 3 and terminates ina sharpened edge substantially in alinement with the end face of thebody and spaced therefrom, the sharpened edge forming a fulcruming pointduring a nail pulling operation. The fulcruming point during a nailextracting operation being at a point remote from the nail extractingclaws will allow the nail to be quickly extracted with a mini-- mumamount of bending of the nail. The sharpened edge of the claw 9 willprevent the slipping of the head of the tool during a nail extractingoperation.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful isIn a device as set forth, a body, a handle Patented May 18, 1920.

therefor, said body having on its opposite faces integralnail-extracting claws reversely disposed in relation to each other, oneof said claws extending toward the 5 handle member and being adapted toreceive the head of a nail, the other claw extending toward the end ofthe body member and terminating in a sharpened edge substantially inalinement with the end of said body 10 member and spaced therefromthereby forming a fulcruming point during a nailpulling operation.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH W. OLNEY.

Witnesses V2.1. W. McLAoHnNs, EDITH O. OLNEY.

